Much thanks to Matt here who jogged my brain to help me realize I was dealing with a resource conflict. Thanks again, js > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Nelson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 4:43 PM > To: Jason Scherbarth > Subject: Re: Still having probs with Riva128 AGP > > i have a Dell Dimension XPS D300 here at work, and have X working fine > with my STB Velocity 128 AGP. i've appended my XF86Config at the end > of > this message, just in case it might help (be careful using it as-is... > if > your monitor isn't a ViewSonic 17GS, it might damage your hardware (or > so they all say...)). > > the first thing you need to do is check for IRQ conflicts (excuse me > if > this has come up before... i haven't been following this thread). if > your > Riva128 card is sharing an interrupt with any other card, the X server > will bomb (and, i suppose, could bring the system down with it; it is > accessing hardware, after all). i had this problem initially - my > network > card was on the same IRQ as my video (check /proc/interrupts and > /proc/pci > for clues). these Dell machines wont let you manually set IRQ > assignments > in the BIOS setup, so you cant fix the problem that way. the way i > cured > it was to simply stick my network card into a different PCI slot - the > BIOS assigned it a different IRQ, and all was happy (including X). > > -matt > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Matthew Nelson > Dynamics Technology, Inc. > 21311 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 300, Torrance, CA 90503-5610 > Voice: (310) 543-5433 FAX: (310) 543-2117 Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > here's the XF86Config: > <snip> -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
